History is Made: New Horizons Skims Past Pluto

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By Tom Yulsman
Jul 14, 2015 7:26 PMNov 19, 2019 8:30 PM
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This is the last image taken by NASA's New Horizon's spacecraft before it made its closest approach to Pluto. The piano-sized probe was speeding toward the planet at 30,000 miles per hour and was 476,000 miles away. (Source: NASA)

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